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General EHS Guidelines [Complete version] at: www.ifc.org/ehsguidelines Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP 2.0 Occupational Health and Safety Applicability and Approach 60 2.1 General Facility Design and Operation 61 Integrity of Workplace Structures 61 Severe Weather and Facility Shutdown 61 Workspace and Exit 61 Fire Precautions 62 Lavatories and Showers .62 Potable Water Supply 62 Clean Eating Area .62 Lighting .62 Safe Access 62 First Aid .63 Air Supply 63 Work Environment Temperature 63 2.2 Communication and Training 63 OHS Training 63 Visitor Orientation 63 New Task Employee and Contractor Training .63 Basic OHS Training .64 Area Signage 64 Labeling of Equipment .64 Communicate Hazard Codes .64 2.3 Physical Hazards .64 Rotating and Moving Equipment 65 Noise 65 Vibration 65 Electrical .66 Eye Hazards 67 Welding / Hot Work 67 Industrial Vehicle Driving and Site Traffic 67 Working Environment Temperature 68 Ergonomics, Repetitive Motion, Manual Handling.68 Working at Heights 68 Illumination 69 2.4 Chemical Hazards 69 Air Quality 70 Fire and Explosions .70 Corrosive, oxidizing, and reactive chemicals .71 Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) 71 2.5 Biological Hazards 71 2.6 Radiological Hazards 73 2.7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) .73 2.8 Special Hazard Environments 74 Confined Space 74 Lone and Isolated Workers 75 2.9 Monitoring 75 Accidents and Diseases monitoring 76 Applicability and Approach Employers and supervisors are obliged to implement all reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of workers This section provides guidance and examples of reasonable precautions to implement in managing principal risks to occupational health and safety Although the focus is placed on the operational phase of projects, much of the guidance also applies to construction and decommissioning activities Companies should hire contractors that have the technical capability to manage the occupational health and safety issues of their employees, extending the application of the hazard management activities through formal procurement agreements Preventive and protective measures should be introduced according to the following order of priority: • Eliminating the hazard by removing the activity from the work process Examples include substitution with less hazardous chemicals, using different manufacturing processes, etc; • Controlling the hazard at its source through use of engineering controls Examples include local exhaust ventilation, isolation rooms, machine guarding, acoustic insulating, etc; • Minimizing the hazard through design of safe work systems and administrative or institutional control measures Examples include job rotation, training safe work procedures, lock-out and tag-out, workplace monitoring, limiting exposure or work duration, etc • Providing appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in conjunction with training, use, and maintenance of the PPE The application of prevention and control measures to occupational hazards should be based on comprehensive job APRIL 30, 2007 60 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP safety or job hazard analyses The results of these analyses Table 2.1.1 Risk Ranking Table to Classify Worker Scenarios Based on Likelihood and Consequence should be prioritized as part of an action plan based on the likelihood and severity of the consequence of exposure to the identified hazards An example of a qualitative risk ranking or Consequences analysis matrix to help identify priorities is described in Table 2.1.1 Likelihood 2.1 General Facility Design and Operation A Almost certain Integrity of Workplace Structures B Likely Permanent and recurrent places of work should be designed and Insignificant CatasMinor Moderate Major trophic L M E E E L M H E E L M H E E L L M H E L L M H H equipped to protect OHS: • C Moderate Surfaces, structures and installations should be easy to clean and maintain, and not allow for accumulation of hazardous D Unlikely compounds • Buildings should be structurally safe, provide appropriate E Rare protection against the climate, and have acceptable light and noise conditions • Legend Fire resistant, noise-absorbing materials should, to the extent E: extreme risk; immediate action required feasible, be used for cladding on ceilings and walls H: high risk; senior management attention needed • Floors should be level, even, and non-skid M: moderate risk; management responsibility should be specified • Heavy oscillating, rotating or alternating equipment should be L: low risk; manage by routine procedures located in dedicated buildings or structurally isolated sections Severe Weather and Facility Shutdown • • area designated for safe refuge, if appropriate Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be developed for project or process shut-down, including an evacuation plan Drills to practice the procedure and plan should also be undertaken annually APRIL 30, 2007 The space provided for each worker, and in total, should be adequate for safe execution of all activities, including Work place structures should be designed and constructed to withstand the expected elements for the region and have an • Workspace and Exit transport and interim storage of materials and products • Passages to emergency exits should be unobstructed at all times Exits should be clearly marked to be visible in total darkness The number and capacity of emergency exits should be sufficient for safe and orderly evacuation of the greatest number of people present at any time, and there should be a minimum two exits from any work area 61 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • Facilities also should be designed and built taking into Potable Water Supply account the needs of disabled persons • provided from a fountain with an upward jet or with a sanitary Fire Precautions The workplace should be designed to prevent the start of fires through the implementation of fire codes applicable to industrial means of collecting the water for the purposes of drinking • Equipping facilities with fire detectors, alarm systems, and • meet drinking water quality standards fire-fighting equipment The equipment should be maintained Clean Eating Area in good working order and be readily accessible It should be • poisonous by ingestion, suitable arrangements are to be equipment installed, physical and chemical properties of made for provision of clean eating areas where workers are substances present, and the maximum number of people not exposed to the hazardous or noxious substances Provision of manual firefighting equipment that is easily Lighting accessible and simple to use • light and be supplemented with sufficient artificial illumination visible to promote workers’ safety and health, and enable safe equipment operation Supplemental ‘task lighting’ may be required where specific visual acuity requirements should be accessible to the public (See Section 3.3) Lavatories and Showers met • artificial light source to ensure safe shut-down, evacuation, etc work in the facility and allowances made for segregated facilities, or for indicating whether the toilet facility is “In Use” or “Vacant” Toilet facilities should also be provided with adequate supplies of hot and cold running water, soap, and Safe Access • ingestion and skin contamination may occur, facilities for and appropriate access • Equipment and installations requiring servicing, inspection, and/or cleaning should have unobstructed, unrestricted, and showering and changing into and out of street and work clothes should be provided Passageways for pedestrians and vehicles within and outside buildings should be segregated and provide for easy, safe, hand drying devices Where workers may be exposed to substances poisonous by Emergency lighting of adequate intensity should be installed and automatically activated upon failure of the principal Adequate lavatory facilities (toilets and washing areas) should be provided for the number of people expected to • Workplaces should, to the degree feasible, receive natural Fire and emergency alarm systems that are both audible and The IFC Life and Fire Safety Guideline should apply to buildings • Where there is potential for exposure to substances adequate for the dimensions and use of the premises, present • Water supplied to areas of food preparation or for the purpose of personal hygiene (washing or bathing) should settings Other essential measures include: • Adequate supplies of potable drinking water should be ready access • Hand, knee and foot railings should be installed on stairs, fixed ladders, platforms, permanent and interim floor openings, loading bays, ramps, etc APRIL 30, 2007 62 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • Openings should be sealed by gates or removable chains microorganisms Heating, ventilation and air conditioning • Covers should, if feasible, be installed to protect against (HVAC) and industrial evaporative cooling systems should be falling items equipped, maintained and operated so as to prevent growth Measures to prevent unauthorized access to dangerous and spreading of disease agents (e.g Legionnella areas should be in place pneumophilia) or breeding of vectors (e.g mosquitoes and • flies) of public health concern First Aid • • The employer should ensure that qualified first-aid can be Work Environment Temperature provided at all times Appropriately equipped first-aid stations • should be easily accessible throughout the place of work facilities should, during service hours, be maintained at a Eye-wash stations and/or emergency showers should be level appropriate for the purpose of the facility provided close to all workstations where immediate flushing with water is the recommended first-aid response • Where the scale of work or the type of activity being carried out so requires, dedicated and appropriately equipped firstaid room(s) should be provided First aid stations and rooms 2.2 Communication and Training OHS Training • the basic site rules of work at / on the site and of personal protection against direct contact with blood and other body fluids Remote sites should have written emergency procedures in protection and preventing injury to fellow employees • procedures for fire, evacuation, and natural disaster, as the point at which patient care can be transferred to an appropriate Any site-specific hazard or color coding in use appropriate medical facility • Sufficient fresh air should be supplied for indoor and confined work spaces Factors to be considered in ventilation design should be thoroughly reviewed as part of orientation training Visitor Orientation • orientation and control program should be established to related emissions Air distribution systems should be ensure visitors not enter hazard areas unescorted designed so as not to expose workers to draughts Mechanical ventilation systems should be maintained in good working order Point-source exhaust systems required for maintaining a safe ambient environment should have local indicators of correct functioning • If visitors to the site can gain access to areas where hazardous conditions or substances may be present, a visitor include physical activity, substances in use, and process- • Training should consist of basic hazard awareness, sitespecific hazards, safe work practices, and emergency place for dealing with cases of trauma or serious illness up to Air Supply Provisions should be made to provide OHS orientation training to all new employees to ensure they are apprised of should be equipped with gloves, gowns, and masks for • The temperature in work, rest room and other welfare New Task Employee and Contractor Training • The employer should ensure that workers and contractors, prior to commencement of new assignments, have received adequate training and information enabling them to Re-circulation of contaminated air is not acceptable Air inlet filters should be kept clean and free of dust and APRIL 30, 2007 63 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP understand work hazards and to protect their health from • Signage should be in accordance with international hazardous ambient factors that may be present standards and be well known to, and easily understood by The training should adequately cover: workers, visitors and the general public as appropriate o Knowledge of materials, equipment, and tools o Known hazards in the operations and how they are controlled Labeling of Equipment • All vessels that may contain substances that are hazardous o Potential risks to health as a result of chemical or toxicological properties, or o Precautions to prevent exposure temperature or pressure, should be labeled as to the o Hygiene requirements contents and hazard, or appropriately color coded o Wearing and use of protective equipment and clothing o Appropriate response to operation extremes, incidents should be labeled with the direction of flow and contents of and accidents the pipe, or color coded whenever the pipe passing through a • Similarly, piping systems that contain hazardous substances wall or floor is interrupted by a valve or junction device Basic OHS Training • A basic occupational training program and specialty courses Communicate Hazard Codes should be provided, as needed, to ensure that workers are • oriented to the specific hazards of individual work outside the facility at emergency entrance doors and fire assignments Training should generally be provided to emergency connection systems where they are likely to management, supervisors, workers, and occasional visitors come to the attention of emergency services personnel to areas of risks and hazards • • Information regarding the types of hazardous materials Workers with rescue and first-aid duties should receive stored, handled or used at the facility, including typical dedicated training so as not to inadvertently aggravate maximum inventories and storage locations, should be exposures and health hazards to themselves or their co- shared proactively with emergency services and security workers Training would include the risks of becoming personnel to expedite emergency response when needed infected with blood–borne pathogens through contact with • Copies of the hazard coding system should be posted • Representatives of local emergency and security services bodily fluids and tissue should be invited to participate in periodic (annual) Through appropriate contract specifications and monitoring, orientation tours and site inspections to ensure familiarity the employer should ensure that service providers, as well as with potential hazards present contracted and subcontracted labor, are trained adequately before assignments begin 2.3 Physical Hazards Physical hazards represent potential for accident or injury or Area Signage illness due to repetitive exposure to mechanical action or work • Hazardous areas (electrical rooms, compressor rooms, etc), activity Single exposure to physical hazards may result in a wide installations, materials, safety measures, and emergency range of injuries, from minor and medical aid only, to disabling, exits, etc should be marked appropriately catastrophic, and/or fatal Multiple exposures over prolonged APRIL 30, 2007 64 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP periods can result in disabling injuries of comparable significance Noise and consequence Noise limits for different working environments are provided in Rotating and Moving Equipment Injury or death can occur from being trapped, entangled, or struck Table 2.3.1 • 85 dB(A) for a duration of more than hours per day without by machinery parts due to unexpected starting of equipment or hearing protection In addition, no unprotected ear should be unobvious movement during operations Recommended exposed to a peak sound pressure level (instantaneous) of protective measures include: • more than 140 dB(C) Designing machines to eliminate trap hazards and ensuring that extremities are kept out of harm’s way under normal • dB(A), the peak sound levels reach 140 dB(C), or the considerations include two-hand operated machines to average maximum sound level reaches 110dB(A) Hearing prevent amputations or the availability of emergency stops protective devices provided should be capable of reducing dedicated to the machine and placed in strategic locations Where a machine or equipment has an exposed moving part or exposed pinch point that may endanger the safety of any sound levels at the ear to at least 85 dB(A) • protection can be obtained, but less easily managed, by and protected by, a guard or other device that prevents limiting the duration of noise exposure For every dB(A) access to the moving part or pinch point Guards should be increase in sound levels, the ‘allowed’ exposure period or designed and installed in conformance with appropriate machine safety Turning off, disconnecting, isolating, and de-energizing duration should be reduced by 50 percent.65 • isolation of the noise source, and other engineering controls guarded moving parts, or in which energy can be stored (e.g maintenance, in conformance with a standard such as CSA Z460 Lockout or equivalent ISO or ANSI standard • Prior to the issuance of hearing protective devices as the final control mechanism, use of acoustic insulating materials, (Locked Out and Tagged Out) machinery with exposed or compressed air, electrical components) during servicing or Although hearing protection is preferred for any period of noise exposure in excess of 85 dB(A), an equivalent level of worker, the machine or equipment should be equipped with, standards.64 The use of hearing protection should be enforced actively when the equivalent sound level over hours reaches 85 operating conditions Examples of proper design • No employee should be exposed to a noise level greater than should be investigated and implemented, where feasible • Periodic medical hearing checks should be performed on workers exposed to high noise levels Designing and installing equipment, where feasible, to enable Vibration routine service, such as lubrication, without removal of the Exposure to hand-arm vibration from equipment such as hand and guarding devices or mechanisms power tools, or whole-body vibrations from surfaces on which the worker stands or sits, should be controlled through choice of equipment, installation of vibration dampening pads or devices, and limiting the duration of exposure Limits for vibration and 64 For example: CSA Z432.04 Safe Guarding of Machinery, CSA Z434 Robot Safety, ISO 11161 Safety of Machinery – Integrated Manufacturing Systems or ISO 14121 Safety of Machinery – Principals of Risk Management or equivalent ANSI standard APRIL 30, 2007 65 The American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH), 2006 65 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP action values, (i.e the level of exposure at which remediation • warning signs should be initiated) are provided by the ACGIH 66 Exposure levels should be checked on the basis of daily exposure time and data Marking all energized electrical devices and lines with • Locking out (de-charging and leaving open with a controlled locking device) and tagging-out (warning sign placed on the provided by equipment manufacturers lock) devices during service or maintenance Electrical • Exposed or faulty electrical devices, such as circuit breakers, Checking all electrical cords, cables, and hand power tools for frayed or exposed cords and following manufacturer recommendations for maximum permitted operating voltage Table 2.3.1 Noise Limits for Various Working Environments of the portable hand tools • Double insulating / grounding all electrical equipment used in environments that are, or may become, wet; using equipment Location /activity Equivalent level LAeq,8h Maximum LAmax,fast with ground fault interrupter (GFI) protected circuits • Heavy Industry (no demand for oral communication) 85 dB(A) 110 dB(A) Protecting power cords and extension cords against damage from traffic by shielding or suspending above traffic areas • Appropriate labeling of service rooms housing high voltage equipment (‘electrical hazard’) and where entry is controlled Light industry (decreasing demand for oral communication) 50-65 dB(A) Open offices, control rooms, service counters or similar 45-50 dB(A) Individual offices (no disturbing noise) 40-45 dB(A) Classrooms, lecture halls 35-40 dB(A) - Hospitals 30-35 dB(A) 40 dB(A) 110 dB(A) or prohibited (see also Section on Planning, Siting, and Design); • - Establishing “No Approach” zones around or under high voltage power lines in conformance with Table 2.3.2 • Rubber tired construction or other vehicles that come into direct contact with, or arcing between, high voltage wires - may need to be taken out of service for periods of 48 hours and have the tires replaced to prevent catastrophic tire and wheel assembly failure, potentially causing serious injury or panels, cables, cords and hand tools, can pose a serious risk to workers Overhead wires can be struck by metal devices, such as death; • Conducting detailed identification and marking of all buried electrical wiring prior to any excavation work poles or ladders, and by vehicles with metal booms Vehicles or grounded metal objects brought into close proximity with overhead wires can result in arcing between the wires and the object, without actual contact Recommended actions include: 66 ACGIH, 2005 APRIL 30, 2007 66 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP Table 2.3.2 No Approach Zones for High Voltage Power Lines Nominal phase-to-phase voltage rating 750 or more volts, but no more than 150,000 volts Minimum distance meters • Provisions should be made for persons who have to wear prescription glasses either through the use overglasses or prescription hardened glasses Welding / Hot Work Welding creates an extremely bright and intense light that may More than 150,000 volts, but no more than 250,000 4.5 meters volts seriously injur a worker’s eyesight In extreme cases, blindness More than 250,000 volts which prolonged exposure can cause serious chronic diseases meters may result Additionally, welding may produce noxious fumes to Recommended measures include: Eye Hazards • Provision of proper eye protection such as welder goggles Solid particles from a wide variety of industrial operations, and / or and/or a full-face eye shield for all personnel involved in, or a liquid chemical spray may strike a worker in the eye causing an assisting, welding operations Additional methods may eye injury or permanent blindness Recommended measures include the use of welding barrier screens around the specific include: work station (a solid piece of light metal, canvas, or plywood • designed to block welding light from others) Devices to Use of machine guards or splash shields and/or face and eye extract and remove noxious fumes at the source may also be protection devices, such as safety glasses with side shields, goggles, and/or a full face shield Specific Safe Operating Procedures (SOPs) may be required for use of sanding and grinding tools and/or when working around liquid chemicals Frequent checks of these types of equipment prior to use to ensure mechanical integrity is also good practice Machine and equipment guarding should conform to standards published by organizations such as CSA, ANSI and ISO (see also Section 2.3 on Rotating and Moving Equipment and 2.7 on Personal Protective Equipment) • Moving areas where the discharge of solid fragments, liquid, or gaseous emissions can reasonably be predicted (e.g discharge of sparks from a metal cutting station, pressure relief valve discharge) away from places expected to be occupied or transited by workers or visitors Where machine or work fragments could present a hazard to transient workers or passers-by, extra area guarding or proximity restricting systems should be implemented, or PPE required for transients and visitors APRIL 30, 2007 required • Special hot work and fire prevention precautions and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be implemented if welding or hot cutting is undertaken outside established welding work stations, including ‘Hot Work Permits, stand-by fire extinguishers, stand-by fire watch, and maintaining the fire watch for up to one hour after welding or hot cutting has terminated Special procedures are required for hotwork on tanks or vessels that have contained flammable materials Industrial Vehicle Driving and Site Traffic Poorly trained or inexperienced industrial vehicle drivers have increased risk of accident with other vehicles, pedestrians, and equipment Industrial vehicles and delivery vehicles, as well as private vehicles on-site, also represent potential collision scenarios Industrial vehicle driving and site traffic safety practices include: 67 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • Training and licensing industrial vehicle operators in the safe • Use of protective clothing operation of specialized vehicles such as forklifts, including • Providing easy access to adequate hydration such as safe loading/unloading, load limits drinking water or electrolyte drinks, and avoiding • Ensuring drivers undergo medical surveillance consumption of alcoholic beverages • Ensuring moving equipment with restricted rear visibility is • • outfitted with audible back-up alarms Ergonomics, Repetitive Motion, Manual Handling Establishing rights-of-way, site speed limits, vehicle Injuries due to ergonomic factors, such as repetitive motion, over- inspection requirements, operating rules and procedures exertion, and manual handling, take prolonged and repeated (e.g prohibiting operation of forklifts with forks in down exposures to develop, and typically require periods of weeks to position), and control of traffic patterns or direction months for recovery These OHS problems should be minimized Restricting the circulation of delivery and private vehicles to or eliminated to maintain a productive workplace Controls may defined routes and areas, giving preference to ‘one-way’ include: circulation, where appropriate • Working Environment Temperature Exposure to hot or cold working conditions in indoor or outdoor operational and maintenance workers in mind • against other occupational hazards can accentuate and aggravate heat-related illnesses Extreme temperatures in permanent work environments should be avoided through implementation of engineering controls and ventilation Where this is not possible, such as during short-term outdoor work, temperature-related stress management procedures should be implemented which include: • Monitoring weather forecasts for outdoor work to provide Use of mechanical assists to eliminate or reduce exertions required to lift materials, hold tools and work objects, and environments can result temperature stress-related injury or death Use of personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect Facility and workstation design with 5th to 95th percentile requiring multi-person lifts if weights exceed thresholds • Selecting and designing tools that reduce force requirements and holding times, and improve postures • Providing user adjustable work stations • Incorporating rest and stretch breaks into work processes, and conducting job rotation • Implementing quality control and maintenance programs that reduce unnecessary forces and exertions • Taking into consideration additional special conditions such as left handed persons advance warning of extreme weather and scheduling work • • accordingly Working at Heights Adjustment of work and rest periods according to Fall prevention and protection measures should be implemented temperature stress management procedures provided by whenever a worker is exposed to the hazard of falling more than ACGIH 67, depending on the temperature and workloads two meters; into operating machinery; into water or other liquid; Providing temporary shelters to protect against the elements into hazardous substances; or through an opening in a work during working activities or for use as rest areas surface Fall prevention / protection measures may also be warranted on a case-specific basis when there are risks of falling 67 ACGIH, 2005 APRIL 30, 2007 from lesser heights Fall prevention may include: 68 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP Installation of guardrails with mid-rails and toe boards at the supplemented with dedicated work station illumination, as needed edge of any fall hazard area The minimum limits for illumination intensity for a range of • Proper use of ladders and scaffolds by trained employees locations/activities appear in Table 2.3.3 • Use of fall prevention devices, including safety belt and Controls should include: • lanyard travel limiting devices to prevent access to fall hazard area, or fall protection devices such as full body harnesses used in conjunction with shock absorbing lanyards or selfretracting inertial fall arrest devices attached to fixed anchor • emission • Appropriate training in use, serviceability, and integrity of the • IR radiation and high intensity visible light should also be Inclusion of rescue and/or recovery plans, and equipment to respond to workers after an arrested fall Taking precautions to minimize and control optical radiation including direct sunlight Exposure to high intensity UV and necessary PPE • Undertaking measures to eliminate glare / reflections and flickering of lights point or horizontal life-lines • Use of energy efficient light sources with minimum heat controlled • Controlling laser hazards in accordance with equipment Illumination specifications, certifications, and recognized safety Work area light intensity should be adequate for the general standards The lowest feasible class Laser should be applied purpose of the location and type of activity, and should be to minimize risks 2.4 Chemical Hazards Table 2.3.3 Minimum Limits For Workplace Illumination Intensity Location / Activity Chemical hazards represent potential for illness or injury due to single acute exposure or chronic repetitive exposure to toxic, Light Intensity corrosive, sensitizing or oxidative substances They also Emergency light 10 lux represent a risk of uncontrolled reaction, including the risk of fire Outdoor non working areas 20 lux Simple orientation and temporary visits (machine storage, garage, warehouse) 50 lux Workspace with occasional visual tasks only 100 lux (corridors, stairways, lobby, elevator, auditorium, etc.) Medium precision work (simple assembly, rough machine works, welding, packing, etc.) 200 lux Precision work (reading, moderately difficult assembly, sorting, checking, medium bench and machine works, etc.), offices 500 lux High precision work (difficult assembly, sewing, color 1,000 – 3,000 inspection, fine sorting etc.) lux APRIL 30, 2007 and explosion, if incompatible chemicals are inadvertently mixed Chemical hazards can most effectively be prevented through a hierarchical approach that includes: • Replacement of the hazardous substance with a less hazardous substitute • Implementation of engineering and administrative control measures to avoid or minimize the release of hazardous substances into the work environment keeping the level of exposure below internationally established or recognized limits • Keeping the number of employees exposed, or likely to become exposed, to a minimum 69 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • Communicating chemical hazards to workers through • Where ambient air contains several materials that have labeling and marking according to national and internationally similar effects on the same body organs (additive effects), recognized requirements and standards, including the taking into account combined exposures using calculations International Chemical Safety Cards (ICSC), Materials Safety recommended by the ACGIH 69 Data Sheets (MSDS), or equivalent Any means of written • Where work shifts extend beyond eight (8) hours, calculating communication should be in an easily understood language adjusted workplace exposure criteria recommended by the and be readily available to exposed workers and first-aid ACGIH 70 personnel • Training workers in the use of the available information (such Fire and Explosions as MSDSs), safe work practices, and appropriate use of PPE Fires and or explosions resulting from ignition of flammable Air Quality Poor air quality due to the release of contaminants into the work place can result in possible respiratory irritation, discomfort, or illness to workers Employers should take appropriate measures materials or gases can lead to loss of property as well as possible injury or fatalities to project workers Prevention and control strategies include: • materials Further, flammables storage area should be: to maintain air quality in the work area These include: • Storing flammables away from ignition sources and oxidizing o Remote from entry and exit points into buildings Maintaining levels of contaminant dusts, vapors and gases in o Away from facility ventilation intakes or vents the work environment at concentrations below those o Have natural or passive floor and ceiling level ventilation recommended by the ACGIH 68 as TWA-TLV’s (threshold limit • and explosion venting value)—concentrations to which most workers can be o Use spark-proof fixtures exposed repeatedly (8 hours/day, 40 hrs/week, week-after- o Be equipped with fire extinguishing devices and self- week), without sustaining adverse health effects closing doors, and constructed of materials made to Developing and implementing work practices to minimize withstand flame impingement for a moderate period of release of contaminants into the work environment including: time o Direct piping of liquid and gaseous materials o Minimized handling of dry powdered materials; containers and additional mechanical floor level ventilation if o Enclosed operations materials are being, or could be, dispensed in the storage o Local exhaust ventilation at emission / release points area o Vacuum transfer of dry material rather than mechanical or pneumatic conveyance o Indoor secure storage, and sealed containers rather • • Providing bonding and grounding of, and between, Where the flammable material is mainly comprised of dust, providing electrical grounding, spark detection, and, if needed, quenching systems than loose storage 69 ACGIH, 2005 68 ACGIH, 2005 APRIL 30, 2007 70 ACGIH, 2005 70 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • • Defining and labeling fire hazards areas to warn of special Asbestos Containing Materials (ACM) rules (e.g prohibition in use of smoking materials, cellular The use of asbestos containing materials (ACM) should be phones, or other potential spark generating equipment) avoided in new buildings or as a new material in remodeling or Providing specific worker training in handling of flammable renovation activities Existing facilities with ACM should develop materials, and in fire prevention or suppression an asbestos management plan which clearly identifies the Corrosive, oxidizing, and reactive chemicals locations where the ACM is present, its condition (e.g whether it is in friable form with the potential to release fibers), procedures Corrosive, oxidizing, and reactive chemicals present similar for monitoring its condition, procedures to access the locations hazards and require similar control measures as flammable where ACM is present to avoid damage, and training of staff who materials However, the added hazard of these chemicals is that can potentially come into contact with the material to avoid inadvertent mixing or intermixing may cause serious adverse damage and prevent exposure The plan should be made reactions This can lead to the release of flammable or toxic available to all persons involved in operations and maintenance materials and gases, and may lead directly to fires and activities Repair or removal and disposal of existing ACM in explosions These types of substances have the additional hazard buildings should only be performed by specially trained of causing significant personal injury upon direct contact, personnel71 following host country requirements, or in their regardless of any intermixing issues The following controls should be observed in the work environment when handling such absence, internationally recognized procedures.72 chemicals: 2.5 Biological Hazards • Corrosive, oxidizing and reactive chemicals should be Biological agents represent potential for illness or injury due to segregated from flammable materials and from other single acute exposure or chronic repetitive exposure Biological chemicals of incompatible class (acids vs bases, oxidizers hazards can be prevented most effectively by implementing the vs reducers, water sensitive vs water based, etc.), stored in following measures: ventilated areas and in containers with appropriate secondary containment to minimize intermixing during spills • Workers who are required to handle corrosive, oxidizing, or reactive chemicals should be provided with specialized training and provided with, and wear, appropriate PPE (gloves, apron, splash suits, face shield or goggles, etc) • Where corrosive, oxidizing, or reactive chemicals are used, handled, or stored, qualified first-aid should be ensured at all times Appropriately equipped first-aid stations should be easily accessible throughout the place of work, and eye-wash stations and/or emergency showers should be provided close to all workstations where the recommended first-aid response is immediate flushing with water APRIL 30, 2007 • If the nature of the activity permits, use of any harmful biological agents should be avoided and replaced with an agent that, under normal conditions of use, is not dangerous or less dangerous to workers If use of harmful agents can not be avoided, precautions should be taken to keep the risk of exposure as low as possible and maintained below internationally established and recognized exposure limits 71 Training of specialized personnel and the maintenance and removal methods applied should be equivalent to those required under applicable regulations in the United States and Europe (examples of North American training standards are available at: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/asbestos/training.html) 72 Examples include the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E 1368 - Standard Practice for Visual Inspection of Asbestos Abatement Projects; E 2356 - Standard Practice for Comprehensive Building Asbestos Surveys; and E 2394 - Standard Practice for Maintenance, Renovation and Repair of Installed Asbestos Cement Products 71 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • • Work processes, engineering, and administrative controls The employer should at all times encourage and enforce the should be designed, maintained, and operated to avoid or highest level of hygiene and personal protection, especially for minimize release of biological agents into the working activities employing biological agents of Groups and above environment The number of employees exposed or likely to Work involving agents in Groups and should be restricted only become exposed should be kept at a minimum to those persons who have received specific verifiable training in The employer should review and assess known and working with and controlling such materials suspected presence of biological agents at the place of work • and implement appropriate safety measures, monitoring, Areas used for the handling of Groups and biological agents training, and training verification programs should be designed to enable their full segregation and isolation in Measures to eliminate and control hazards from known and emergency circumstances, include independent ventilation suspected biological agents at the place of work should be systems, and be subject to SOPs requiring routine disinfection designed, implemented and maintained in close co-operation and sterilization of the work surfaces with the local health authorities and according to recognized HVAC systems serving areas handling Groups and biological international standards agents should be equipped with High Efficiency Particulate Air Biological agents should be classified into four • • groups73: (HEPA) filtration systems Equipment should readily enable their Group 1: Biological agents unlikely to cause human disease, disinfection and sterilization, and maintained and operated so as and consequently only require controls similar to those to prevent growth and spreading of disease agents, amplification required for hazardous or reactive chemical substances; of the biological agents, or breeding of vectors e.g mosquitoes Group 2: Biological agents that can cause human disease and flies of public health concern and are thereby likely to require additional controls, but are unlikely to spread to the community; • Group 3: Biological agents that can cause severe human disease, present a serious hazard to workers, and may present a risk of spreading to the community, for which there usually is effective prophylaxis or treatment available and are thereby likely to require extensive additional controls; • Group 4: Biological agents that can cause severe human disease, are a serious hazard to workers, and present a high risk of spreading to the community, for which there is usually no effective prophylaxis or treatment available and are thereby likely to require very extensive additional controls 73 World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Infective Microorganisms by Risk Group (2004) APRIL 30, 2007 72 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • 2.6 Radiological Hazards preferred method for controlling exposure is shielding and Radiation exposure can lead to potential discomfort, injury or limiting the radiation source Personal protective equipment serious illness to workers Prevention and control strategies is supplemental only or for emergency use Personal include: • In the case of both ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, the protective equipment for near-infrared, visible and ultraviolet Places of work involving occupational and/or natural range radiation can include appropriate sun block creams, exposure to ionizing radiation should be established and with or without appropriate screening clothing operated in accordance with recognized international safety standards and guidelines.74 The acceptable effective dose limits appear Table 2.6.1 • Exposure to non-ionizing radiation (including static magnetic fields; sub-radio frequency magnetic fields; static electric fields; radio frequency and microwave radiation; light and 2.7 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) provides additional protection to workers exposed to workplace hazards in conjunction with other facility controls and safety systems near-infrared radiation; and ultraviolet radiation) should be controlled to internationally recommended limits75 PPE is considered to be a last resort that is above and beyond the other facility controls and provides the worker with an extra level of personal protection Table 2.7.1 presents general examples of Table 2.6.1 Acceptable Effective Dose Limits for Workplace Radiological Hazards Exposure Workers (min.19 years of age) Five consecutive year average – effective dose 20 mSv/year Single year exposure – effective dose 50 mSv/year Equivalent dose to the lens of the eye Equivalent dose to the extremities (hands, feet) or the skin Apprentices and students (16-18 years of age) occupational hazards and types of PPE available for different purposes Recommended measures for use of PPE in the workplace include: • Active use of PPE if alternative technologies, work plans or procedures cannot eliminate, or sufficiently reduce, a hazard or exposure • Identification and provision of appropriate PPE that offers adequate protection to the worker, co-workers, and mSv/year occasional visitors, without incurring unnecessary inconvenience to the individual 150 mSv/year 50 mSv/year 500 mSv/year 150 mSv/year • Proper maintenance of PPE, including cleaning when dirty and replacement when damaged or worn out Proper use of PPE should be part of the recurrent training programs for employees 74 International Basic Safety Standard for protection against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources and its three interrelated Safety Guides IAEA http://www-ns.iaea.org/standards/documents/default.asp?sub=160 75 For example ACGIH (2005) and International Commission for Non-Ionizing Radiation (ICNIRP) APRIL 30, 2007 73 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • by recognized organizations76 Selection of PPE should be based on the hazard and risk ranking described earlier in this section, and selected according to criteria on performance and testing established 2.8 Special Hazard Environments Special hazard environments are work situations where all of the Table 2.7.1 Summary of Recommended Personal Protective Equipment According to Hazard Objective Workplace Hazards Suggested PPE previously described hazards may exist under unique or especially hazardous circumstances Accordingly, extra precautions or rigor in application of precautions is required Confined Space A confined space is defined as a wholly or partially enclosed Eye and face protection Flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, gases or vapors, light radiation Safety Glasses with side-shields, protective shades, etc Head protection Falling objects, inadequate height clearance, and overhead power cords Plastic Helmets with top and side impact protection Hearing protection Noise, ultra-sound Hearing protectors (ear plugs or ear muffs) hazards that could trap or engulf the person.77 Foot protection Falling or rolling objects, pointed objects Corrosive or hot liquids Safety shoes and boots for protection against moving & falling objects, liquids and chemicals Confined spaces can occur in enclosed or open structures or from a confined space Recommended management approaches which a hazardous atmosphere could develop as a result of the Hazardous materials, cuts or lacerations, vibrations, extreme temperatures Gloves made of rubber or synthetic materials (Neoprene), leather, steel, insulating materials, etc Respiratory protection Dust, fogs, fumes, mists, gases, smokes, vapors Facemasks with appropriate filters for dust removal and air purification (chemicals, mists, vapors and gases) Single or multi-gas personal monitors, if available Body/leg protection Extreme temperatures, hazardous materials, biological agents, cutting and laceration contents, location or construction of the confined space or due to work done in or around the confined space A “permit-required” confined space is one that also contains physical or atmospheric Hand protection Oxygen deficiency space not designed or intended for human occupancy and in locations Serious injury or fatality can result from inadequate preparation to enter a confined space or in attempting a rescue include: • Engineering measures should be implemented to eliminate, to the degree feasible, the existence and adverse character of confined spaces • Permit-required confined spaces should be provided with permanent safety measures for venting, monitoring, and Portable or supplied air (fixed lines) On-site rescue equipment rescue operations, to the extent possible The area adjoining an access to a confined space should provide ample room Insulating clothing, body suits, aprons etc of appropriate materials for emergency and rescue operations Examples include the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), http://www.ansi.org/; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health76 (NIOSH), http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html; Canadian Standards Association76 (CSA), http://www.csa.ca/Default.asp?language=english; Mine Safety and Health Administration76 (MSHA), http://www.msha.gov 76 77 US OSHA CFR 1910.146 APRIL 30, 2007 74 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP • • Access hatches should accommodate 90% of the worker persons capable of providing aid and assistance, for continuous population with adjustments for tools and protective clothing periods exceeding one hour The worker is therefore at increased The most current ISO and EN standards should be consulted risk should an accident or injury occur for design specifications; • Prior to entry into a permit-required confined space: o o o o • or isolated circumstances, Standard Operating Procedures Process or feed lines into the space should be (SOPs) should be developed and implemented to ensure all disconnected or drained, and blanked and locked-out PPE and safety measures are in place before the worker Mechanical equipment in the space should be starts work SOPs should establish, at a minimum, verbal disconnected, de-energized, locked-out, and braced, as contact with the worker at least once every hour, and ensure appropriate the worker has a capability for summoning emergency aid The atmosphere within the confined space should be • If the worker is potentially exposed to highly toxic or corrosive tested to assure the oxygen content is between 19.5 chemicals, emergency eye-wash and shower facilities should percent and 23 percent, and that the presence of any be equipped with audible and visible alarms to summon aid flammable gas or vapor does not exceed 25 percent of whenever the eye-wash or shower is activated by the worker its respective Lower Explosive Limit (LEL) and without intervention by the worker If the atmospheric conditions are not met, the confined space should be ventilated until the target safe 2.9 Monitoring atmosphere is achieved, or entry is only to be Occupational health and safety monitoring programs should verify undertaken with appropriate and additional PPE the effectiveness of prevention and control strategies The selected indicators should be representative of the most Safety precautions should include Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA), life lines, and safety watch workers stationed outside the confined space, with rescue and first aid equipment readily available • Where workers may be required to perform work under lone Before workers are required to enter a permit-required significant occupational, health, and safety hazards, and the implementation of prevention and control strategies The occupational health and safety monitoring program should include: • Safety inspection, testing and calibration: This should include regular inspection and testing of all safety features and confined space, adequate and appropriate training in hazard control measures focusing on engineering and confined space hazard control, atmospheric testing, use of personal protective features, work procedures, places of the necessary PPE, as well as the serviceability and integrity work, installations, equipment, and tools used The of the PPE should be verified Further, adequate and inspection should verify that issued PPE continues to provide appropriate rescue and / or recovery plans and equipment should be in place before the worker enters the confined adequate protection and is being worn as required All space instruments installed or used for monitoring and recording of working environment parameters should be regularly tested and calibrated, and the respective records maintained Lone and Isolated Workers A lone and isolated worker is a worker out of verbal and line of sight communication with a supervisor, other workers, or other APRIL 30, 2007 • Surveillance of the working environment: Employers should document compliance using an appropriate combination of 75 Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP portable and stationary sampling and monitoring instruments • Monitoring and analyses should be conducted according to encourage workers to report to management all: internationally recognized methods and standards o Occupational injuries and near misses Monitoring methodology, locations, frequencies, and o Suspected cases of occupational disease parameters should be established individually for each o Dangerous occurrences and incidents project following a review of the hazards Generally, monitoring should be performed during commissioning of • misses should be investigated with the assistance of a liability period, and otherwise repeated according to the person knowledgeable/competent in occupational safety The monitoring plan investigation should: Surveillance of workers health: When extraordinary protective measures are required (for example, against o Establish what happened biological agents Groups and 4, and/or hazardous o Determine the cause of what happened compounds), workers should be provided appropriate and o Identify measures necessary to prevent a recurrence relevant health surveillance prior to first exposure, and at • All reported occupational accidents, occupational diseases, dangerous occurrences, and incidents together with near facilities or equipment and at the end of the defect and • The systems and the employer should further enable and • Occupational accidents and diseases should, at a minimum, regular intervals thereafter The surveillance should, if be classified according to Table 2.10.1 Distinction is made deemed necessary, be continued after termination of the between fatal and non-fatal injuries The two main categories employment are divided into three sub-categories according to time of Training: Training activities for employees and visitors should death or duration of the incapacity to work The total work be adequately monitored and documented (curriculum, hours during the specified reporting period should be duration, and participants) Emergency exercises, including reported to the appropriate regulatory agency fire drills, should be documented adequately Service Table 2.9.1 Occupational Accident Reporting providers and contractors should be contractually required to submit to the employer adequate training documentation before start of their assignment Accidents and Diseases monitoring • a Fatalities (number) a.1 Immediate The employer should establish procedures and systems for a.2 Within a month reporting and recording: a.3 Within a year o Occupational accidents and diseases o Dangerous occurrences and incidents b Non-fatal injuries (number) 78 b.1 Less than one c Total time lost non-fatal injuries (days) day b.2 Up to days b.3 More than days c.1 Category b.2 c.2 Category b.3 These systems should enable workers to report immediately to their immediate supervisor any situation they believe presents a serious danger to life or health 78 The day on which an incident occurs is not included in b.2 and b.3 APRIL 30, 2007 76 ...Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Guidelines GENERAL EHS GUIDELINES: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY WORLD BANK GROUP safety or job hazard analyses The results of these... 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